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I ordered to advance rorn. Aranda de Duero, with 40 dragoons, entered this place at day-break ; and in conlevence of my itistruaions and subsequent or ders, joined the advanced guard in front of the ene my. -About five o'clock .this afternoon word was brought that - The enemy were advancing. Orders 'were given: for the regiment of Tui, with some horse, to proceed to meet them. They met a de tachment of 30 dragoons, forming the advanced guard of a corps of 700 men of the same descrip ri,lrn, who were at a league distance from this city. Egllt only of our soldiers were sent to reconnoitre, but in the sequel they were joined in the attack by 40 of the above-mentioned regifnent of volunteer chas seurs of Spain, under the command of Cornet D. F. CIVALDOS. They threw the enemy into disorder, and killed ten of them. On our side we had only one horse wounded, belonging to the serjeant of the party. It is impossible to describe the ardour and gallantry of the troops in .this petty rencontre ; but as it would be improper that they should proceed farther, both on account of the advanced hour of the eveniL.g,' as well as to prevent their falling into any ambuscade, and becoming the viiiims of their valour, orders were .given for them to retreat, and to re occorq their former positions. All the Staff of my(Army, and the above-men tioned first division, have this - day arrived in this City. The cavalry and the company of horse artil lery beronging to the second division will arrive to- Morrow ; and the remaining corps of this, and also the third division, will arrive in succession, without delay, as I have given orders for their making all possible expedition. his detachment without bread or water, or any thing to support their ardour, having already passed three days in that citadel, destitute of every thing, with the melancholy spectacle before t heir eyes of an immense • number of wounded, whose cries pierced the heart. This latter circumstance, more than the want of provisions or ammunition, induced him to call a council of War, to determine what was to be done, having preiiously apprised the Captains, that. the. cartridges in their muskets were the only ones re maining. At length, at half pat seven in the morn ing, it was resolved to capitulate, the soldiers being,. from fatigue, scarcely able to utter a word, from want of water, except such as drank vinegar in place of it. " Notwithstanding this determination, they con tinued upon the defensiVe until half-past three in the afternoon, when he sent out a flag of truce,, in con sequence of the enemy having advanced their ar tillery to within 100 paces of his front, with an in tention of battering down the gate; but notwith standing this obstinacy and continued resistance, the flag of truce was received. The troops went out with the honours of war, baggage, and equipage, to proceed to France till they are exchanged, and, in their own estimation,, their condition will be very unfortunate'until they are-able to return to the held of honour. " To praise a particular officer or soldier would be to do injury to the rest. All have proved theMselves heroes, worthy of immortality. All were models to each other. Their only recreation from fatigue con eisted in attending to the wounded, and administer ing to -them consolation in the absence of the:neces sary means of relief. ' "In this action served hs Aid-de-Camp the Lieu tenant of the regiinent of cavalry Of Spilt D. Jo- SEF GARCIA, who is' 'at present here,: and who, anxious to participate the:glory of these brave de fenders of their ''country e did not • accompany the cavalry 'of Bourbon, whom the Commandant LA Under the date of the Bth, i ns t an t, the, Supreme: CRUZ ordered to join the.out-posts of Sesma. • --. Junta of Government has reesaved. the following ace " l'he.company - of Catalans, under DeFtiesetsco counts from 'persons of respeetabilityewho were eye' TEOG, equally distinguished :themselves with the witnesses of the fads they relate. • . .. : ' , cliasseurs; and also the . out-post“sf Sesma, under " The surrender of the battalion of the sharp- the command of the Captain of Battalion of the shooters of Cadiz is . known toithes public; .but,few Sharp-shooters of Spain, D. JosEF GIRON. are apprized.of thecircurnslanees that occasioned it. "So far we state on the authority of eye-witnesses ; Their Commander, CRUZ 11100110E0N, having been but we further learn,from positive information,Oiat the sent to occupy the town of Lerin on the 20th Odo- French Gen. GRANDISON, the Commander of their ber, and having examined hi s s it ua ti on an d t h e di s . division, returned their ' swords, after the capitu twice he was from Lodosa, upon which be was or- lation, to the Spanish Officers, in compliment tO clered to retreat in case of being attacked, informed their brave defence, and 'that he treats' them with the General of his division, I)cn PeDito GitimAßEsT, ' regard and disfination; assigning as an escort to them that his retreat was absolutely impossible, as he had and their brave soldiers, who hate had the inisfor to.oass a 'plain which the enemy would most pro- tune to tall into his bands, from 7to 800 of his best bably occupy with their cavalry previous to any at- - troops. tack. , . " We also are positively informed, that our loss in "On the 21st, the said 'SeigoOr GIIIMAREST pro- this affair, as glorious as it has been unfortunate, ece.ded to reconnoitre the town, and approved of consists of from eo to 60 killed, about 50 wounded, three points of defence that had been fixed upon, and and a few more than 400 prisonerS, including otbeers it was agreed, that in the supposed case of an attack and privates. . , be should defend himself. until he was relieved. "- Among the killed is Lieut. D. JOSEF Baum ; On the 24th and 25th LA Clan was employed in ' among the wounded; Capt.-Liene. D JOSEF MAR bweriog some mud walls belonging to the garden of ' TINEZ, Brevet-Captain 1). M. ESTISADA, and. Sub.- the Convent of Capuchin's, which post the troops ' Lieut. D. M. ()now ; besides Capt. F. FARINAS, were to occupy from the corner of the Charnel-house, who received a contusion, all belonging to the in . order to cover the approaches of his left flank.— , sharpshooters of Cadiz. He also fortified the palace as well as he could, j " The Supreme Junta, who have beheld with the which he intended to use as .a citadel, for the pur—most lively interest the heroic valour-of these troops, Foie of making a last defehce. . These works were l so interior iu number to the enemy, and who, con forwarded in consequence of_ his receiving informa- : vinced that the same sphit animates the whole army, ti,,;) that they Meant to attack him during the whole I entertain theretrOm the' most contident expedations .of the 25th, which however they did not,do ; but ' of the. salvation of the country,, and the Chastisement .they. incommoded him during the whol , , of the night : 01 the enemy, have taken the proper means to disko ef the 24th, with their detachments of cavairy,which ; vc:-, with promptitude, those who may have incurred fell back to their, positions at four ,o'clock in the i any blame in this atfan, to adjudge suitable rewards morning of that day, of which he sent information H to those who have deserved wen, and above all, to to Lodosa, and the posts of Sesma and Carner,which : procure due information tes'pecting toe families of were under arms during the whole of the - night. those cle.fenders of the country, that the Junta may " Although the enemy did not execute their at- t assign a proper remuneration to the relatives of such tack on the night of the 2 s eth, he redoubled his sen- l as sacrifice themselves for their country—a duty _tinels. and his yigilance s s so _that at four o'clock he which the Junta will ever continue to discharge in a had a detachment ready to receive the enemy. manner worthy of the nation for whom they Con " At five it) the morning the firing began at the i tend. advanced posts, and soon after the - enemy attacked-the : " Spaniards ! You will remark in one of the dis position at the Charnel-house and garden of the patches the astonishing condua. of our brethren, Capuchins, with 2000 infantry and 300 :cavalry, who, whet) their ammunition was spent, rushed whom his brave sharp-shooters repulsed with unex- upon .the dead bodies of the enemy, to supply them atnpled gallantry. Seignor LA Cutiz, on perceiving i selves from their cartouches. ' _Neither Greece nor their precipitate flight, leaped:from the parapet of Rome ever presented an example of such valour, the principal gate, and pursued them with the 4th tsteadiness, and cool less. Such are the avengers of company, and his 30 hcirse, as well as the nature of FEROINAND VII. such the defenders oftheeountry; the ground, would admit; but the fire of the enemy's I with Whom, and aSsisted:bY God, the justice of our reik•l'Ve . compelling him to fall back, .he resumed his cause, and our exalted patriotism, we tear neither fOrmer positions behind the ruins. the numerous hosts of the enemy, nor the iniqui "At nihe o'clock, the attack was .resumed by tous means which .in other quarters have aided his another body of troops, who had arrived to relieve detestable; . desiens" 0 . , the former corps, and they compelled the four first , —. coMpanies to fall back to the palace, more by the j . fire of their*artillery than that of th e i r i n f antry; f or VILLAFRANCA, .00T. 31.—0 n th e 27t h i ns t. ar t ife cannonade was so I owcrful and b r i s k, w hi c h General of this a r my, an d t h e p r i n . —rubbish occasioned considerable damag e . - they chreated against the Convent, th at the - falling , VivLs, Captain cipality / of Catalonia: He l an d e d t h e d ay b e f ore at ' At half-past ten o'clock, they s u mmone d hi m larradona, and there a nd h ere has met with the warm rec ep t i on . l' wei d ays b e f ore, there disem to surreakier, immediately after th e y h a d o ffe re d to his barked et the same' port, besides the remaining part stew three 8-pounders, one ho w i tzer , a 6-pounder, of . tke Spanesh hussars, and other detachments from fraen 3 to tiooo infantry, from 6 toBoo cavalry, which, . Majorca the Spanish :troops that 'have come from , lit the commencetrient of the first attack, had pro- , . Po't tueal ' for this principality. The latter :are wider _itieded to occupy the avenues to the s palace on the , 1 1 eee;ininaead oM t Field a D rshal .- GRE ', GORIO A right flank ; but this no w a y i nt i m id ate d hi m; on the contrary, he answered th a t h e wou ld neversur- :- 1 ouNA,. and consist of various divisions of provincial render while he 'had ammun i t i on an d b ayonets.— 1 grenadiers at the two Castile.s, the light troops.of Valencia mild Tarr agona , an d the 'Santiago regi -Their General upon _this answer, ordered his citadel 1 meat of, cavalry, and t wo compan i es o f f l y i ng ar to ho 'attacked, with all his artill er y arid two bat tillery. 'They have-also b roug h t with them '20,000 talionsof infantry. From thi s o p eration our troops : Muskets, for arming th e Catalonian troops. snstained but very littl e a ddi t i ona l l oss, whereaS that of the enemy was so considerable, that they fell back ,On the ad the head-quarters. will be transferred to _in disorder. Martorell ; alai we shall not be surprised if this , "At one o'clock they returned to the attack, but movement shoold cause the enemy to retire imme with no better success than in the first instance.— ! diately within ts,ie walls of Barcelona. They satisfied themselves with leaving two compa- : I ,fARRAGONA, Nov. 1.----It appears that the most soies ofgenadiers posted in the adjacent houses, who ;: serious weasureaS are on the point of being adopted e , . snost severely plies: esue,troops. agaiust the etiertty. -A' chnsiderable qu an tity of At five o'clock they again sen t i n a fl ag o f truce, ; field artillery has been sent from thi s c i ty f or t h e summoning him to ,surrender under pain of being ' Lobrogat, and the batt e ri ng tra i n w ill speedily fol put to the sword. LA CRUZ felt himself placed in a , low, The quantity or shells, halls, powder, and very painful situation; but seeing in the countenances ; other siores„ colleated here trtsin various quarters, is of his brave Officers and soldiers a determination ' beyond calculation. I e s:laser to perish than surrender, .he answered the - God , bas' ' - INV.' oured ps wills a pecuniary , supply . eueiny that they might save themselves any further froin-Cediz aria Valencia, and also with iBo,otio troube, as 'he would rather die than yield. The • ' -•N i • ltvres of l...ataionta, belonging to the Royal - }fe nt lee of artillery and infantry was resumed s and con- • 1 maw% Mused until dark, when all our men exerted them. , s,elvcs to repair theirperapets, in expectation that Mencia,' . Nov. I.—On the 30th ult. marched in the fellweing day would bring theill relief, as none 'here. the first battalion of the. regiment of Almeria, had arrived that day ; but what was his aftlialiOn, ; 1200 strang, under the comma n d o f C o l. D un. J UAN wbeh casting his ey es over - the plain he could-not ' " AC ; and yesterday arri ve d th e secon d b etta h on, .perceive even a vidette, and what wa,s worse, he saw consiethig of an equal number. " All which I communicate to your Serene High ness in compliance with my duty, and shall continue pundually to apprize you of whateiter occurs. " May God, &c. " COUNT Di BELVEDER." Headquarters, Burgos, Nov. 7." .. /ROM CORRES POLITICO Y LITTIMARIO DE S9LAMANCA, NOV. 12. 'Among all the letters we have read from different 'pikes in the vicinity of hicia our armies are posled, We have not seen one which does not highly ptaise the prariotistn and fidelity of the people.. Our valiant- troops follow the enemy in view on -the banks of the Ebro waiting an opportunity 4,Fain to engage the cowardly bands o f th e new At t il a , whose arms have not yet been able to do us an injlry. On the 25th of last..mcinth the troops. quartered in Logrono _celebrated the arrival of,their valiant and worthy General in Chief, Senor CAS TANOS.. The French, who were on thepther side of' the river, believing that the sound they heard, pro duced by the most lively satisfaelion and joy, pro- . ceeded from some other Cause,. thinking to surprise us, attacked . the city with increased forces, but the dispositions of. General CASTANOS were so well and promptly taken, that though a_ brisk and continued fire was kept upon us till the 26ti),me'did not lose a single man, Whereas, by the relation of an Officer, the field was covered with enemies General CAS TANOS in.niediately took possession of Nakla and Avelda. General BLARE, in like manner, on the heights of SornoSa, not' only observes, but follows and kills many of the epenly. His army there, 'according to the account of one of his Captains, .mounts to more than 25,000 men. STATE OF THE SPANISH FORCES. . The tbllowing statetnent of our forces which we ,have received, from a person well acquainted with the subjed, appears to tis well deserving to be pre sented to the Pubkc ARMY OFNAVARRE AND HISCAY. Capable to take the field untliediateiy x 54,15 0. Will be in readiness by the end olthe year - 40,959 . . • 1 95, 10 9 • . , ARMY 07 CATALONIA. Capable to take the field immediately. - • 59,670 Troops which Reding will receive - • - - 35,000 94► 6 7 0 RECA P IT U L A CIO?:. Army of Navarre and Biscay - - - 195,109 Army of Catalonia - - - 94,670 Auxiliary l ngliah Troops - - - 40,000 Total in readiness to take the field by the end of the year - - - - - , 329,779 Reserve - - - - - - - 152,900 5 11 9779 TO CORRESPONDENTS. 1 .„ 1, VIA TOrt shall appear as soon as we have room. The Letter signed NALL Ac, on the similitude between Bkro- NAvArtTE and Roncsrt ER RE, shall also have an early in- sertion. We shall endeavour to comply with the wishes of various other Correspondents with all convenient speed. MAILS. ARIL Corunna, Dublin: Dus-3 Gottenburgh, A Malta, t Watellord.' 'RICE OF STOCKS THI3 DAY AT TWF,LVE o'cLoc-fc. Consols • ' 6 5 i$ THE SUN. ROX.RIt QUIS D:cszz l ALSUM AI.:DRAT? L 0 N D • 0 11, 7 , - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25 2 1808. We are unable to communicate to our Readers any further particulars respelling the disaters whibh are 1 supposed to have occurred in Spain.' The accounts that have been received are of so very general and vague a nature, that it is impossible to speak with any precision upon the subjea. They state, .that the Trench had entered Burgos, and had pushed' forward patroles of cavalry towards Valladolid, and that they bad defeated ,a Corps that upposed them, : on their march to Burgos. From this it has been' inferred, that the Army of Generfil Br.AkE has been entirely defeated. The faa certainly may be so, but there are many grounds which induce us to en tertain dbubts upon the subjea. Gen. BLAKE, we knew, after the Aaion at Valmaseda, took a strong position in the mountains, in which position he was probably held in check by the right of the French Army under NEY. And as —General .BLAKE was'not well.shpplied with cavalry and arta ' lery, he might not think it prudent to descend into the plains for the purpose of covering Burgos.—' •In that- case, while the, right of the French held . BLAKE in check, and their left watched General CA§.- ,TANOS, - their centre, which was at . Pancorbo, might easily push .forward to Burgos. As to the Corps which : the French are said to have defeated .on their march . to. Burgos, that might either have been a detachment - from BLAKE'S Army, . ' . or a division.,.of the AlaiSr of Estremadura, wind) •we know was advahcing towards Burgos. We state these as probabilities, because in the absence - of positive intelligence, we have no other means'of forming a judgment. We cannot avoid noticing.* despondency which some or Our Cotemporaries h a y e manifested upon this occasion. It was absurd to ex- • pea that. the SpaniSh 'Troops could be uniformly successful. ReVerses, and those of a serious na tnre, must be •eXpeCted in such a contest ; and it is most singular, that those who upon all occasions represented the French, Troops as in vincible, ‘, " when opposed to the - disciplined vete- ' 1 - arts of Austria and Prussia, should expeCt that they should he uniformly defeated by the. new leVies of Spain. We do, hot _wish ,to deceive our Readers by delusive speculations, but from the intelligence before us, thotigh - there may be grounds for regret, we see rib reason to despond. .. . PORTUGff!:SE P.,IPTETI3. LIST OF THE REGIMENTS GONE WITH SIR JOHN MOORE raom LISBON. ath Sight Dragoons. The Ist Battalions of the zd, 4th, sth, bth, gth, 200, 2gth' 32d, and 47. d loot. . • The zd Battalion of the 43 1 d, and the Ist Battalion of the jza Foot. , ight pragool-44 5 2t1 F its t Battalios of 71st ditto, 79th ditto, 4ist ditto, 9 zd aitto-95th one Battalion, stit Company-195th ditto, ad Battalion , 4th Company: ' ist Light Battalion King's German Legion—zd ditto d itto-- two Companies of flux Staff Corps. ditto, LIST OF THOSE IN LISBON• 9th root, zd Battalion- z7th ditto, 3d Batfatioß- 2 9th di". Battalion 7 :3'st aitto, zd Battalion. Ist Line Battalion of King's German Legion;at Alcantra. ad Ditto at St. jultens, 6th Ditto,. s_Coinpanies at Carceas. : sthLine Battalion of the Kit.g's German Legioot and the 7th Ditto, at Beller'''. LIST OF THOSE IN OPORTO. Firs\ Battalions at 45th, Sad, and 97th foot. At Elvas—othltegiment. • LIST OF SHIPS IN THE TAGUS. Hibernia, Sir C. Cotton Lively I Audacious Comus Plantagenet Undaunted Ganges Myrtle Resolution Nautilus. • - Nymph (1 16 LISBON, Nov. 12.—The manner in which a voluntary contributions for the public service an support of the War with France continue to be ma " evince the generous spirit of the Portuguese, an their determination. never to submit to the 0 436 yoke •of ,the Corsican Despot. Among ° tile Noblemen of- the first distinaion, Count 913 REDHs/HA, as Representative of the:House of Marquis of POMBAL, has .subscribed 4000 Pail ree per annum, as long.as the war lasts.—(Lisbon Ga. =tie, Nov. 12.) LISBON, Nov. Royal Board of CO! relive Police has issued the following decree ". It being in legal evidence before me, that TqF DE OLIVEIRA, BARRATO FRANCISCO, AZ E v Ev 0 and Louis' DE ATTARDE, illuminated tW i. - houses in celebration of the unfortunate day w hiP. i e had established in my 'Kingdoms the ext el„g l, -I ,: c Government formed by th e common e nemy' 4 1 which was. suppressed, on the lgt of February . 9 it being desirous to remove the scandal whic h provokes universal indign a ti on , I herewith ( " 31 1 - . 5 that the first shall be confined in one o f t h e jail's of °it residence-town, for a term of' two mo n ths; o d the expiration thereof, banished my kingdoms 011 dominion ; - and that the latter shall leave this tos'llll and:not approach, it ten -leagues - distance. " Palace of Government, Off. so; iSoS." On the 2gth of last month, Don PASQUAL 1".61 40 ' o rs RIO 171 VI"Ciso Was prese.nted to the 6.overtl of this Kingdom, in . the quality of Charge • ° of his catholic Majesty, and received by d' eal tf , 113r that distinguished man ne r w hi c h becomes l-eatelY mony and good understanding which foga prevails between the two kingdoms. e 13 3 t LisnOisi, Nov. I,4.—The transports with "- division of JUNOT'S troops are still h er e, and 'll lb° i detained till the safety of th ose se n t to Fran ce ; known. There were about 4,000 me n embarke d' but upwards 1,000, consistin g o f I ta li an s and Sets:, Who were actually br oug ht here T in chains , 113 ' found means to escape, and .entered the British sr!' vice. They have been sent-to England. '• General Si (1 - lAnnY BURRARD will sail A- ;n - 3 fe days for : England, in the Amelia ; hd will Eti ucll aE Oporto . and Corunna. He will be succeeded 11:1 ' command here by General STEWART, from 00 0 r: Much apprehension is entertained here for a • Cricket, a hired. Ket c h, which sailed from Coiq nn and fur this port, with di s patches, on the 25th ir ,c ,sta was last seen off Cape Finisterre, on the ult. The Lively F r igate has bee n cru i z ing ; 'l3 search of her, but withoUt - suceess. • . On Friday last the King's household, in the. 14°1 : Chamberlaip's department, comme n c e d paying • iolast Christmas: esterday a Cabinet Council . was held at th eF°' 'r reign Office,_ did not break up 61 ; nearlY, - eVen o'clock at' which were. 'present, Gr3Cel Ifie Duke of PORTLAND and the Loan CIIANCELL°I; Lars CAMDEN, BATHURST, and WESTMORI,AO.; Lords -MUI,GRAVE, CASTLEItEAGH, and 4.T4N - Secretary, CANNING, and Mr. P.Eacgs'io . Retnittaoces: from China, on private =Wont , 0 1 Bengal and Madras, were made in the early po rt ,. • this year, to the extent pf nearly a million stcrlif l to The French Embassy, which' has 'arrived art Persian Court of, Taheran, is said to consist ofd suite of. 300 Officers of . Infantry and Cavalry, ', I I, 30Q Artillery. Th Officers -and men are all sup er ' -dressed. - • " 'We 'have seen a letter from thevicinitr of .-1 3 d rce 0 , lona, dated, the 29th ult. which states; 'that the 'fi lo niards, in considerable force; were just. u pon point of "entering thaftown, and that from the 10° ` slate of' the'Freijch garrison, with regard to Pr° v ' sr sions, it was confidently calculated that they M il immediately capitulate: . A very, melancholy accident took . place at Stor; away on the evening - of Saturday the 29111 ulr• o d 'a mitilter - of people 'in boats were fishing with b , 3 ,05 lines near the mouth of the harbour, a whal e " o cl soddenly and distindly seen amongst theft!, 00 , which, by a forcible spring, shivered to piec es , o f or the boats, and consigned her crew, consisti";:or six persons, men, women, nud children, to a '.°` grave.